NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission captured an unexpected moment when the spacecraft sank into the asteroid Bennu, triggering a ...

After analyzing samples returned from asteroid Bennu, NASA scientists identified a strange new substance never before observed in space rocks, raising new questions about early solar system chemistry.

An ancient asteroid older than Earth itself has reignited debate over whether life began in space. NASA's Bennu discovery ...

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life began in our solar system.

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something NASA is calling "space gum?" ...

Learn about the molecules and materials found in samples of asteroid Bennu, including sugars, space gum, and an abundance of ...

Talk about a sugar rush! NASA may have just come a little closer to cracking one of science’s most enduring mysteries — how life on Earth got started. The space agency has reportedly discovered ...

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found ...

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Asteroid Bennu, which passes near the Earth roughly every six years, contains tryptophan, one of the most complex amino acids essential for life, scientists have confirmed. This discovery comes from ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission found sugars essential for biology on asteroid Bennu. These sugars, along with previously found components, indicate that th ...